Upstairs Remodel Phase 2

So the Amish crew arrived bright and early the Monday before last and finally finished drywalling, sanding, and mudding on Wednesday of this week.  For eight days they worked very hard upstairs and we worked very hard downstairs to get other tasks accomplished so that once the Amish left, we could focus on Phases 3 and 4 of the Project Remodel.

Here are some pictures documenting Phase 2 (I made sure to get the photos with all the drywall dust on purpose so that in the future when I complain about how messy the house is, I will remember this point in time and be grateful for the smaller, more contained messes instead):

Thankfully, the entire time the Amish were here, we only had drywall dust make it into the downstairs in two areas--from under the door leading upstairs...

...and on the back mat from our shoes (we had to go check out the progress)!

Then of course after the Amish left and we attempted to pick up all the dust, it gets all over the place!

Looking much better, albeit dusty.

Look at those WALLS!  Sealed, insulated, perfectly even walls!  I could hug you (but I won't).

Everything looks much more spacious with the different materials on the walls.

They squared up the entrance to the closet/tiny back room.

The box may look weird, but it's what has to happen when the people who installed the shower put the light lower than the shower head!

We wore masks to protect Kyle's, my, and baby's lungs.

You can tell who picked up the junk and did the heavy lifting and who did the sweeping!  Kyle's all sweaty and I'm all old-looking.

We're so excited that we're ahead of our proposed schedule of the remodel.  Hopefully we can keep this up!  Yesterday we spent several hours just sweeping and throwing things away and today we'll spend the day (carefully) wiping the walls to prepare for painting and mopping the floors.  Our goal is to have the upstairs primed before the weekend is out and painted in the first half of next week!  

Yay!